Pray
for the World, Operation World
I was thrilled to discover recently that
Operation World have released an edited version of their marvellous
resource. Operation World is a detailed
analysis of all countries of the world, with population data, details of faith
groups and churches and then prayer points for each country. However at times, its detail was its
downfall. It was slow to interpret,
heavy to carry, and hard to break down into manageable chunks. When our kids became interested in all the
countries of the world, we tried to use it, but it was too much information for
me to sort out and sift through to make it manageable for after dinner
prayers.
Pray
for the World came to the rescue! A much more manageable edited version, it now
gives you basic stats on each country (population, evangelical Christians, key
religious groups) and generally 4-6 prayer points. Each night we can easily find 5 prayer points
to cover each each of us. It's
arranged by continents, and we are still going through the 50+ countries of
Africa, but thanks to some fun internet quizzes (Jetpunk, referred to here), we all know where they
are so everyone has remained interested.
I am so excited Operation World has made
this resource so family friendly, it keeps us looking out from ourselves to the
rest of the world, realising how different it can be, yet how God works in so
many varied ways and places.
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